Looking Upward

1928

James Lesesne Wells

Artist, American, 1902 - 1993

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 55.9 x 43.2 cm (22 x 17 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.87.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.); Ruth and Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 14, 1992; gift to NGA, 1994

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 74.

Inscriptions

in graphite: 13/20 Looking Upward "28

Wikidata ID

Q75125999

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